Does an opinion of an examining physician have greater weight than that of a non-examining physician?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Richarte v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., Case No. 1:14-cv-00032-SAB (E.D. Cal. 2014):
The record in this case includes the opinions of examining physicians and non-examining physicians. "The opinion of an examining physician is ... entitled to greater weight than the opinion of a nonexamining physician." Lester, 81 F.3d at 830 (citing Pitzer v. Sullivan, 908 F.2d
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